Mathematical Achievement of 8th Class Students in Relation to Educational Aspiration

The main objective of the study was to study Mathematical Achievement of 8th class students in relation to Educational Aspiration. To achieve the objective of the study, Mathematics Achievement Test (MAT) by Dr. L.N. Dubbey (1996) and Educational Aspiration Scale (EAS) by Dr. V.P. Sharma and Dr. Anuradha Gupta (1987) were used. The sample consisted of 200 students of 8^th class selected randomly from Private Schools of Moga District of Punjab. The sample was equally categorized between Boys and Girls. It was further equally categorized between Rural and Urban also. Results revealed that there is significant relationship between Mathematical Achievement and Educational Aspiration of 8th class students. Both the variables highly correlated with each other. Further there is no significant difference in the mean scores of Mathematical Achievement of Boys and Girls but there is significant difference in the mean scores of Mathematical Achievement of rural and urban students of 8th class. Rural students shows better Mathematical Achievement than Urban students. Results further revealed that there is no significant difference in the mean scores of Educational Aspiration of boys and girls of 8th class students. There is also no significant difference in the mean scores of Educational Aspiration of rural and urban students of 8th class.